-dnl Checks whether EXPRESSION requires -lm to compile and link. If so, sets
-dnl the shell VARIABLE to -lm, otherwise to the empty string.
+dnl Sets the shell VARIABLE according to the libraries needed by EXPRESSION
+dnl to compile and link: to the empty string if no extra libraries are needed,
+dnl to "-lm" if -lm is needed, or to "missing" if it does not compile and
+dnl link either way.